Jay Garland

Education

• Ohio State University, B.S. Zoology 1983
• Virginia Tech, M.S. Biology (Aquatic Ecology) 1985
• University of Virginia, Ph.D. Environmental Sciences (Ecology) 1991

Work Experience

Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Chief Scientist, Biological Programs Manager (January 2003 - present)

Dynamac Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Manager, Bioregenerative Research and Technology Development Group (January 1995 - present)

The Bionetics Corporation, Kennedy Space Center, FL
Supervisor, CELSS Project (January 1993 - December 1994)

University Affiliations

• Courtesy Associate Professor, University of Florida Department of Soil and Water Science (2003-current)
• Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Central Florida Biology Department (2003-present) (Current member of M.S., advisory committee)
• Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Tennessee Center for Environmental Biotechnology (1998-present) (past member of Ph.D advisory committee)
• Guest Professor, University of Innsbruck (Innsbruck, Austria). Taught class in Closed System Ecology (April 2002).
• Visiting Professor, University of Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Taught graduate class in Microbial Ecology) (May 2001)
• Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Delaware (1998-2001) (past member of a Ph.D. advisory committee)
• Adjunct Faculty Member, University of South Florida Biology Dept. (1995-1999) (past member of Ph.D. advisory committee)

Research Interests

• Biological treatment of liquid and solid wastes
• Microbial ecology of natural and constructed ecosystems
• Closed system ecology

Current Activities

• Responsible for strategic planning and coordination of all aspects of research within Biological Programs as part of the Life Sciences Services Contract, including flight experiments, ground-based research, and environmental/ecological field research.
• Advanced Water Recovery Technology Development Project using membrane bioreactors.
• Development of closed horticultural landscape systems for on site treatment of household wastewater
• Biogeography of salt marsh litter decomposer communities along the United States east coast.
• Development and testing of biosensors for detecting opportunistic bacterial pathogens and volatile organic contaminants
• Effects of fire and elevated CO2 on soil microbial communities in Florida scrub.

Publications

• A cautionary note on measuring protistan bacterivory by acid lysozyme
• A community-level physiological approach for studying microbial communities
• A simple mass balance model of nitrogen flow in a bioregenerative life support system
• Analysis and interpretation of community-level physiological profiles in microbial ecology
• Analytical approaches to the characterization of samples of microbial communities using patterns of potential C source utilization
• Application of physiological profiles to assess community properties
• Assesment of Silver Based Disinfection Technology for CEV and Future US Spacecraft
• Assessment of Silver Based Disinfection Technology for CEV and Future US Spacecraft
• Biodegradation of Polyalcohol Ethoxylate by a Wastewater Microbial Consortium
• Biodegradation pathway of an anionic surfactant (Igepon TC-42) during recycling waste water through plant hydroponics for advanced life support during long-duration space missions
• Bioluminescent Biosensors for Monitoring Volatile Organic Compound Contaminate in the Spacecraft Environment
• Bioluminescent Monitoring of Opportunistic Pathogens in the Spacecraft Environment
• Biostability and Microbiological Analysis of Shuttle Crew Refuse
• Characterization of Methods for Determining Sterilization Efficacy and Reuse Efficiency of Oxygen Biosensor Multiwell Plates
• Characterization of microbial and chemical composition of shuttle wet waste with permanent gas and volatile organic compound analyses
• Characterization of the water soluble component of inedible residue from candidate CELSS crops
• Classification and characterization of heterotrophic microbial communities on the basis of patterns of community-level sole carbon source utilization
• Cleansing agents for human hygiene in space travel: considerations for biological processing of water
• Community Profiling of Fungi and Bacteria in an In-Vessel Composters for the NASA Advanced Life Support Program
• Community-Level Physiological Profiling Performed with an Oxygen-Sensitive Fluorophore in a Microtiter Plate
• Comparison of aerobically-treated and untreated crop residues as a source of nutrients in a recirculating hydroponic system
• Composting inedible crop residue for Advanced Life Support Systems:Nutrient extraction and recycling for hydroponic plant growth
• Controlling Gaseous Nitrogen Oxide Emissions and Nitrogen Removal Performance in Hollow Fiber Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactors
• Coupling plant growth and waste recycling systems in a controlled ecological life support system (CELSS)
• Culturability as an indicator of succession in microbial communities
• Density and composition of microorganisms during long-term (418 day) growth of potato using biologically reclaimed nutrients from inedible plant Biomass
• Deposition of Extracellular Polymeric Substance (EPS) and Microtopographical Changes on Membrane Surfaces During Intermittent Filtration Conditions
• Design and preliminary evaluation of a novel gravity independent rotating biological membrane reactor
• Determination of anionic surfactants during wastewater recycling process by ion pair chromatography with suppressed conductivity detection
• Development and testing of inocula for biodegradation of Igepon under denitrifying conditions
• Development and Validation of a Bioluminescent Monitoring System for Opportunistic Pathogens in the Spacecraft Environment
• Development and Validation of Bioluminescent Monitoring System for Opportunistic Pathogens in the Spacecraft Environment
• Development and Validation of the Bioluminescent Monitoring System for Escherichia coli in the Environment
• Dilution/extinction of community phenotypic characters to estimate relative structural diversity in mixed communities
• Direct recycling of human hygiene water into hydroponic plant growth systems
• Dissimilar response of microbial communities in Biolog GN and GN2 plates
• Distribution of Microbial Communities Associated with the Dominant High Marsh Plants and Sediments of the United States East Coast
• Effect of Microbial Species Richness on Community Stability and Comunity Function in a Model Plant-Based Wastewater Processing System
• Effects of Microbial Community Diversity on the Survival of Pseudomonos aeruginosa in the Wheat Rhizosphere
• Effects of Rotation of Mass Transfer and Activity Within a Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor
• Evaluating the feasibility of biological waste processing for long term space missions
• Evaluation of Remediation by Community-level Physiological Profiles
• Factors controlling oxygen delivery in ALS hydroponic systems
• Graywater processing in recirculating hydroponic systems: Phytotoxicity, surfactant degradation, and bacterial dynamics
• Growth regulator effects of water soluble materials from crop residues for use in plant hydroponic culture
• HPLC/ESI-quadrupole ion trop mass spectrometry for characterization and direct quantification of amphoteric and nonionic surfactants in aqueous sample
• Hydroponic crop production using recycled nutrients from inedible crop residues
• Hydroponic potato production on nutrient derived from anaerobically processed plant residues
• Impact of dilution on microbial community structure and functional potential: comparison of numerical simulations and batch culture experiments
• Influence of elevated CO2 on the fungal community in a coastal scrub oak forest soil investigated with terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis
• Integrated evaluation of a sequential membrane filtration system for recovery of bioreactor effluent during long space missions
• Integration of waste processing and Biomass production systems as part of the KSC Breadboard Project
• Manual of Environmental Microbiology
• Microbial Functions in Space: Mars Transit to Early Planetary Base Exploration Missions
• Microbial requirements for optimal surfactant degradation in a denitrifying, fixed-bed bioreactor
• Microbial structural diversity estimated by dilution-extinction of phenotypic traits and T-RFLP analysis along a land-use intensification gradient
• Monitoring Performance of A Dentrifying Reactor Designed for Shuttle Testing
• Overview: General Microbiology
• Patterns of potential C source utilization in the rhizosphere
• Performance Evaluation of a Submerged-Membrane Bioreactor for Lunar Applications
• Physical and Molecular Characterizations on Microbial Communities Associated with Different Water -Stable Aggregate Size Classes
• Physiological and molecular characterisation of microbial communities associated with different water-atable aggregatesize classes
• Physiological and Molecular Characterisation of Microbial Communities Associated with Different Water-Stable Aggregate Size Classes
• Physiological profiling of indigenous aquatic microbial communities to determine toxic effects of metals
• Physiological Profiling of Microbial Communities
• Planning for the rapid aerobic bioreactor integration test (RABIT) at the Kennedy Space Center's Advanced Life Support Breadboard Project
• Potential and Limitations of BIO LOG for microbial community analysis
• Potential Extent of Bacterial Biodiversity in the Indian River Lagoon
• Preliminary evaluation of in-vessel composting of inedible plant residue for long-term space missions
• Recovery of Resources for Advanced Life Support Space Applications: Effect of Retention Time on Biodegradation of Two Crop Residues in a Fed- Batch , Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor
• Recycling crop residues for use in recirculating hydroponic crop production
• Redox Control Bioreactor: A Unique Biological Water Processor
• Relative effectiveness of kinetic analysis versus single point readings for classifying environmental samples based on community-level physiological profiles (CLPP)
• Reproducibility in the Response of Soil Bacterial Community-Level Physiological Profiles from a Land Use Intensification Gradient
• Response of graywater Recycling Systems Based on Hydroponic Plant Growth to Three Classes of Surfactants
• Response of soybean rhizosphere communities to human hygiene water addition as determined by community level physiological profiling (CLPP) and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (TRFLP) analysis
• Simultaneous Nitrification and Hydrogenotrophic Denitrification in a Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor
• Simultaneous quantification of poly-dispersed anionic, amphoteric and nonionic surfactants in simulated wastewater sample using C18 high-performance liquid chromatography- quadrupole ion-trap mass specrtometry
• Stimultaneous Nitrification and Hydrogenotrophic Denitrification in a Membrane-Gas Supply Bioflim Reactor
• Survival of human-associated bacteria in prototype Advanced Life Support Systems
• Survival of potentially pathogenic human-associated bacteria in the rhizosphere of hydroponically-grown wheat
• Testing bioregenerative waste processing approaches in BIO-Plex
• The Effect of Microbial Growth on Feed Stability and Delivery in a Denitrifying Fixed Bed Reactor Designed for Space Flight to Recycle Gray water
• The Influence of microbial community structure and function and community-level physiological profiles
• The relationship between electron transport activity as measured by CTC reduction and CO2 production in mixed microbial communities
• The structure and function of microbial communities in recirculating hydroponic systems
• The utilization of recovered nutrients from composted inedible wheat Biomass to support plant growth for BLSS
• Treatment of Spacecraft Wastewater in a Submerged- Membrane Biological Reactor
• Use of inedible wheat residues from the KSC-CELSS Breadboard Facility for production of fungal cellulase
• Utilization of recovered inorganic nutrients from composted fresh or oven-dried inedible plant Biomass for supporting growth of wheat in a BLSS
• Utilization of the water soluble fraction of wheat straw as a plant nutrient source